A late addition has been tacked on to the bottom of Saturday’s UFC event in Las Vegas.
Opening the UFC on ESPN 72 prelims at the UFC Apex will be a clash between Cody Brundage and Eric McConico, the promotion recently announced.
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Although both fighters typically compete at middleweight, the bout is scheduled for three rounds in the light heavyweight division, likely do to the bout’s short-notice nature.
Brundage (11-6-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC) has had wildly mixed results thus far in his UFC tenure. In his past four appearances, Brundage has registered one loss, one no contest, one win, and one draw. The draw was recently made official by Georgia after Brundage successfully appealed his technical decision loss to Mansur-Abdul Malik.
McConico (9-3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) made his debut on short notice in February and was knocked out in Round 2 by Nursulton Ruziboev. The longtime MMA LAB team member had won five fights in a row prior to that.
With the addition, the UFC on ESPN 72 lineup includes:
Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez
Steve Erceg vs. Ode Osbourne
Angela Hill vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Andre Fili vs. Christian Rodriguez
Miles Johns vs. Jean Matsumoto
Eryk Anders vs. Christian Leroy Duncan
Raffael Cerqueira vs. Julius Walker
Toshiomi Kazama vs. Elijah Smith
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Joselyne Edwards
Uros Medic vs. Gilbert Medina
Gabriella Fernandes vs. Julija Stoliarenko
Cody Brundage vs. Eric McConico
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